cuBiiiNr..] THE SIX EEGIONS. 17 



All, save tbe first of these terras, are archaic. The modern names for 

 the West, South, East, TTj)iier and Lower Regions signifying rospect- 

 ivdy—" The I'lace of Evening," "The Tlacc of the Salt Lake" (Las Sali- 

 nas), "The Place whence comes the Day," "Tbe Above," and "The 

 Below." 



In the center of the great sea of each of these regions stood a very 

 ancient sacred place (Te-thlii-shi-na-kwiD), a great mountain peak. Li 

 the North was the Mountain Yellow, in the West the Mountain Blue, in 

 the South tlie Mountain lied, in the East the Mountaiii White, above 

 the Mountain All-color, and below the Mountain Black. 



We do not fail to see in this clear reference to the natural colors of 

 the regions referred to — to the bairen north and its auroral hues, the 

 west with its blue Pacific, the rosy south, the white daylight of the 

 east, the many hues of the clouded sky, and the black darkness of the 

 "caves and holes of earth." Indeed, these colors are used in the picto- 

 grai)hs and in all the mythic symbolism of the Zuuis, to indicate the 

 directions or regions respectively referred to as connected with them. 



Then said Po-shai-ay-k'ia to the Mountain Lion (Plate II, Fig. 1), " Long 

 Tail, thou art stout of heart and strong of will. Therefore give I unto 

 thee and unto thy children forever the mastership of the gods of prey, 

 and the guardianship of the great Northern World (for thy coat is of 

 yellow), that thou guard from that quarter the coming of e\nl u]>on my 

 children of men, that thou receive in that quarter their messages to me, 

 that thou become the father in the North of the sacred medicine orders 

 all, that thou become a Maker of the Paths (of men's lives)." 



Thither went the Mountain Lion. Then said Po-shai-aij-k'ia to the 

 Bear (Plate II, Fig. 2), "Black Bear, thou art stout of heart and strong 

 of will. Therefore make I thee the younger brother of the Mountain 

 Lion, the guardian and master of the West, for thy coat is of the color 

 of the land of night," etc. 



To the Badger (Plate II, Fig. 3), "Thou art stout of heart but not 

 strong of will. Therefore make I thee the younger brother of the Bear, 

 the guardian and master of the South, for thy coat is ruddy and marked 

 with black aiul white equally, the colors of tbe land of summer, which 

 is red, and stands between the day and the night, and thy homes are 

 on the sunny sides of the hills," etc. 



To tbe White Wolf (Plate II, Fig. 4), "Thou art stout of heart and 

 strong of will. Therefore make I thee the j»unger brother of the Bad- 

 ger, the guardian and master of the East, for thy coat is w hite and gray, 

 the color of the day and dawn," etc. 



And to the Eagle (Plate II, Fig. 5), be said : " White Cap (Bald Eagle), 

 thou art passing stout of heart and strong of will. Tlierefore make I 

 thee the younger brother of the Wolf, the guardian and master of the 

 Upper regions, for thou tliest through tbe skies without tiring, and thy 

 coat is sjieckled like the clouds," etc. 



"Prey Mole (Plate II, Fig. 0), thou art stout of heart and strong of 

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